What skills do IT companies look for in new developers? A study with Stack Overflow jobs

Montandon, João Eduardo; Politowski, Cristiano; Silva, Luciana Lourdes; Valente, M.; Petrillo, Fábio; Guéhéneuc, Yann‐Gaël

doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2020.106429

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“…Several empirical case studies were performed using Stack Overflow data such as improving API documentation and usage scenarios [28], new programming language (Go, Rust, and Swift) related discussion [29], privacy [30] etc. Some studies were done on human factors like IT skill [31], programmers expertise [32], etc. Several tool supports and recommendation models were developed using Stack Overflow data resources such as PostFinder [33], bug severity prediction model [34] etc.…”

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An Empirical Study of Package Management Issues via Stack Overflow

Islam

Kula

Chinthanet

et al. 2023

IEICE Trans. Inf. & Syst.

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The package manager (PM) is crucial to most technology stacks, acting as a broker to ensure that a verified dependency package is correctly installed, configured, or removed from an application. Diversity in technology stacks has led to dozens of PMs with various features. While our recent study indicates that package management features of PM are related to end-user experiences, it is unclear what those issues are and what information is required to resolve them. In this paper, we have investigated PM issues faced by end-users through an empirical study of content on Stack Overflow (SO). We carried out a qualitative analysis of 1,131 questions and their accepted answer posts for three popular PMs (i.e., Maven, npm, and NuGet ) to identify issue types, underlying causes, and their resolutions. Our results confirm that end-users struggle with PM tool usage (approximately 64-72%). We observe that most issues are raised by end-users due to lack of instructions and errors messages from PM tools. In terms of issue resolution, we find that external link sharing is the most common practice to resolve PM issues. Additionally, we observe that links pointing to useful resources (i.e., official documentation websites, tutorials, etc.) are most frequently shared, indicating the potential for tool support and the ability to provide relevant information for PM end-users.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Empirical Study of Package Management Issues via Stack Overflow

Islam

Kula

Chinthanet

et al. 2023

IEICE Trans. Inf. & Syst.

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“…More than onethird of the 65,000 Stack Overflow's survey participants learn a new technology every few months and another third at least once a year. A complementary study by Montandon et al [23] on more than 20,000 Stack Overflow job postings also confirmed the importance of this aspect for the hiring perspective. They found expertise in specific programming languages and frameworks to be the most required hard skill by companies.…”

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Résumé-Driven Development: A Definition and Empirical Characterization

Fritzsch

Wyrich

Bogner

et al. 2021

2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society (ICSE-SEIS)

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“…It is important to show students that a good relationship with team members and external stakeholders is key to success. Moreover, a very recent study with Stack Overflow jobs demonstrated that communication, collaboration, and problemsolving are the most demanded soft skills that IT companies look for in candidates [28].…”

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Supporting Real Demands in Software Engineering with a Four Steps Project-Based Learning Approach

Silva¹,

Castro²,

Guimaraes³

2021

2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering Education and Training (ICSE-SEET)

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Project-based learning (PBL) is a student-centered and learn-by-doing approach that organizes learning around projects. While entrepreneurship and PBL in SE education are thrilling research topics, there seems to be very little work focusing on the pros and cons of involving external stakeholders to support real demands in software engineering education. Working on real projects also supports students to acquire leadership skills, such as communication, project management, and teamwork. This paper describes a case study integrating students from different Software Engineering programs and involving external stakeholders, underpinned by PBL concepts. We present how this study was designed and implemented in a large institution, in four steps, summarized as follows: (I) requirements gathering and design; (II) information system development and implementation; (III) integration tests and deployment process; (IV) support and maintenance activities.The study had the participation of 59 students from a professional technical course in step one, working in teams, and 10 undergraduate students from a Bachelor's program in Information Systems in the following steps, working in pairs. Overall, the feedback from stakeholders and students exceeded expectations, although it increased the workload of teachers. We were able to distill a new set of lessons learned, and we expect that at least some of them will be useful for anyone implementing a similar course. As a consequence of this study, we plan to institutionally formalize the PBL course improvement process by defining specific outcomes and measurements.

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What skills do IT companies look for in new developers? A study with Stack Overflow jobs

Cited by 38 publications

References 6 publications

An Empirical Study of Package Management Issues via Stack Overflow

An Empirical Study of Package Management Issues via Stack Overflow

Résumé-Driven Development: A Definition and Empirical Characterization

Supporting Real Demands in Software Engineering with a Four Steps Project-Based Learning Approach

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